Objectives
1. Know how seismic data is used to determine the structure of the Earth's interior.
2. Know how seismic data is used to determine the epicenter of an earthquake.
a. Be able to calculate an earthquake's epicenter.
3. Know how the earth's crust is being constantly removed as well as increased.
Vocabulary
Crust
Epicenter
Inner core
Intensity
Magnitude
Mantle
Outer core
P wave
Richter scale
S wave
Seismograph
Surface wave
1. Know how seismic data is used to determine the structure of the Earth's interior.
2. Know how seismic data is used to determine the epicenter of an earthquake.
a. Be able to calculate an earthquake's epicenter.
3. Know how the earth's crust is being constantly removed as well as increased.
Vocabulary
Crust
Epicenter
Inner core
Intensity
Magnitude
Mantle
Outer core
P wave
Richter scale
S wave
Seismograph
Surface wave